Category: Music News

Details of a new Pink Floyd album have emerged.

Marking 20 years since 1994’s The Division Bell, Floyds final album, news of a new album featuring as yet unheard material has emerged via David Gilmours partner Polly Samson’s twitter account.

The tweet revealed that the anniversary album, The Endless River, is set to be released in October, and that the album is primarily comprised of recording sessions that took place shortly after The Division Bell in 1994, featuring the late Richard Wright.

In the lead up to Floyd’s anniversary, Nick Mason and David Gilmour dived back into the studio to finish the album, which was originally intended for a side project titled ‘The Big Spliff’, that sadly never materialised.

Weezer have shared the cover art to their forthcoming album Everything Will Be Alright In The End.

Considerably more of an effort made than with their previous Hurley cover, the artwork, illustrated by Chris McMahon features one of his trademark mythical monsters, creeping through Weezers vally. See more of his work here and check out Weezers video reveal below.

Kutosis have just released their new album Dream It Away via Jealous Lovers Club.

This sophomore see’s the acclaimed Cardiff trio gathering their shoegaze and rock influences and fusing them with true pop sensibilities. Produced by Rory Attwell (Yuck, Veronica Falls, Palma Violets), this is an album of swirling summer soothers, not to be overlooked likely. Stream Dream It Away in its entirety below.

It was only two weeks ago that Death Grips released another epic album pushing their unique cacophony worldwide through the web but tonight they have just announced that enough is enough from this statement below. All we can say is that if this is to be true thank you so much for bringing something so special to the scene.

“we are now at our best and so Death Grips is over. we have officially stopped. all currently scheduled live dates are canceled. our upcoming double album “the powers that b” will still be delivered worldwide later this year via Harvest/Third Worlds Records. Death Grips was and always has been a conceptual art exhibition anchored by sound and vision. above and beyond a “band”. to our truest fans, please stay legend.”

Following a Glastonbury triumph on the John Peel stage, Wolf Alice have shared a video clip of ‘Storms’, taken from their recent Toe Rag Studios session.

Their 2nd EP Creature Songs, out now on Dirty Hit Records, see’s the band raising the bar phenomenally high with four sincerely snarling songs, stream it now from their SoundCloud.

The Proper Ornaments have shared a new music video for their single ‘Magazine’.

Taken from recent their Fortune Pop! debut LP, Wooden Head, ‘Magazine’ see’s The Proper Ornaments showing the hazier, laid-back side to their songwriting personality. Stream the video below and grab a copy of their debut album to soundtrack your summer in an instant.

Following Mondays news of an angry local taking it upon himself to cleanse the Philadelphia neighbourhood of its commissioned Kurt Vile mural, the artist, Steve ‘ESPO’ Powers, has issued a statement on his website urging fans to forgive the offender, assuring them he will re-paint and restore the mural to it’s former glory.

“We’ll fix the wall, it will be better than it was in the first place (it’s ALWAYS better the second time). Lee the buffman is retired, now he’s Lee Major Crimes Unit. We forgive Lee, we don’t want anybody in trouble for painting a wall. And graffiti will come and go as it has since the caves in Lascaux. Let’s all go back to not caring too much either way.”

Read the full statement from Steve here.

It’s refreshing to hear that Steve is not phased by his work being defaced, happy to write the event off as a misunderstanding. Maybe we can all learn a lesson from him. Hit play below and recline.

Toronto’s finest noise rock trio have shared a Urinals cover version online. As we all know, METZ do nothing by half measure, and this raging rendition of ‘I’m A Bug’ is just the onslaught you need in your ears right now.

METZ are currently working on new material and are set to embark upon a full USA tour with some tasty UK dates for August in there too, see below.

Tour Dates
8/10 North Yorkshire, @ Beacons Festival
8/11 Birmingham, @ Hare & Hounds
8/12 Sheffield , @ Harley
8/13 St Albans, @ The Horn
8/16 London, @ ExCeL London, Jaberwocky Festival

Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend have revealed they will enter the recording studio for one final time this summer.

Marking their 50th anniversery as a band this year, the now two piece line-up also plan to tour in celebration of the milestone they’ve reached since releasing their first single ‘Zoot Suit’ in 1964. The tour, billed as ‘Hits, Picks and Misses’, will see the Who playing nine arena dates across the UK through November and December.

Tickets for the tour dates below go on sale at 9am, July 4th. Sure to sell out fast, make sure you snap one of these up for what could well be the last time the duo decide to tour.

Tour Dates
30th November Glasgow – SSE Hydro
2nd December Leeds – First Direct Arena
5th December Nottingham – Capital FM Arena
7th December Birmingham – NIA
9th December Newcastle – Metro
11th December Liverpool – Echo Arena
13th December Manchester – Phones 4U Arena
15th December Cardiff – Motorpoint
17th December London – O2 Arena

Brooklyn label Collect Records have announced they’re officially launching as a stand alone operation. Having previously co-released debut records from Touché Amore, Midnight Masses, and United Nations since their birth in 2009, founded by Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly.

The label’s first official year of releases are set to include LP’s from post rock experimentalists Black Clouds, Vanishing Life (featuring members of Quicksand and …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead), and Sick Feeling, with more to be annouced.

Head to www.collectrecords.org and follow @collectrecords to stay abreast of their movements.